Much like a successful “March Madness” basketball team, a successful legislative strategy needs to combine an efficient offense with a lock-down defense. Legislative Committees in Minnesota must act favorably on major appropriation and finance bills covering the next biennium by April 4. Ahead of this deadline, we have been actively working to advance key funding priorities to assist ethanol producers in Minnesota. Read More

MN'S ETHANOL INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTED $2.7 BILLION TO ECONOMY IN 2022

Minnesota’s ethanol industry contributed $2.7 billion to the state’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022, according to a new study by the University of Minnesota Extension. 

In 2022, the industry produced 1.34 billion gallons of ethanol, up from 1.27 billion gallons in 2021. This resulted in $8 billion in economic activity through sales and supported 25,820 jobs in Minnesota, the study said. Read More

Our executive director, Brian Werner, testified at the sub-committees for a Clean Transportation Standard Act and a Biofuel Monitoring Act in St Paul earlier this month. For the Clean Transportation Standard Act, Werner said the bill had the potential to lower GHG emissions and benefit communities in greater Minnesota if crafted properly (read more). As for the Biofuel Monitoring Act, he said none of the ethanol plants in Minnesota accept pesticide-treated seed corn and there are concerns of subjecting ethanol plants to monitoring requirements that have not been through a complete federal rulemaking process (read more).

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